Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate.
2015
PS1999.H473 Z88 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Poet : the remarkable story of George Moses Horton / Don Tate.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781561458257 (hbk.)
1561458252 (hbk.)
1561458252 (hbk.)
Published
Atlanta : Peachtree, [2015]
Language
English
Description
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Call Number
PS1999.H473 Z88 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
811/.4 B
Summary
Relates the story of North Carolina slave George Moses Horton, who taught himself to read, learned to write, and became a well-known, published poet in spite of his slave status.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Awards
Winner of American Library Association Notable Books for Children, 2016
Winner of Carter G. Woodson Book Awards, 2016.
Winner of Christopher Book Awards, 2016.
Winner of Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, 2016.
Winner of Carter G. Woodson Book Awards, 2016.
Winner of Christopher Book Awards, 2016.
Winner of Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, 2016.
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